Broom-supporting device



Dec. 13,1927. U 1,652,243

Y M. HUBO'UX BROOM SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed April 1 927 lllll WI [MW M1 Inventor By I Attorneys Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

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MAeLomE nUBoUx; or MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BROOM SUPPORTING DEVICE. I

-A'pplication filed April 8, 1927. Serial No. 182,094.

The present invention relates to improvements in article supporting devices and has for its primary object to provide a simple and eflicient device for supporting brooms and similar household articles in suspended position. V

A furtherobject of the invention is the provision of a supporting-member designed for convenient and rapid engagement with the handle of a broom or the like and adapted to properly support the same in an elevated position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a broom supporting device of the above character which will he durable in construction and which can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the descrip:

tion progresses.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the same. T

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a supporting member constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view showing a broom supported in position in the member; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the supporting member showing a fragmentary portion of a broom handle in engagement therewith.

Referring to the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred subjoined claims.

embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 generally designates the broom holding 40 member embodying a fiat body plate 6 formed with a central circular opening 7 An elongated flange 8 is formed at one end of the body 6 and isdisposed at substantially a right angle thereto. The opposite end of the body 6 is formed with a diminishing taper adjacent theend of. which is formed a relatively I small aperture 9. The apertured end of the body is adapted to hlngedly engage a hook 10 adapted tobe screwed in a wall 11.

The essential feature of .the present 1nvention resides in the provision of a simple supporting member or bracket which w1ll support a broom in suspended position a ainst the wall of a room so that the broom Wlll be maintainedin an elevated position when not in use. It is customary to merely stand a broom in the corner of a room upon its straws which causes the straws to separate and assume distorted formations whereby the eificiency of the broom is impaired. Furthermore, the broom rapidly deteriorates when continually maintained in an upright position on its straws.

The present invention obviates this condition by providing asimple device by means of which the broom may be readily suspended against the wall of a room. Nor mally, when the broom is in use, the bracket member 5 swings downwardly against the wall, but when the handle of the broom is inserted through the opening 7 the bracket plate will assume an angular outwardly directed position as shown in Figure 3. In this position, the handle will be frictionally supported betweenone edge of the opening 7 and the lower edge of the flange 8 and the weight of the broom will prevent the handle slipping through the bracket.

My improved bracket may be easily constructed by initially forming an opening in an elongated metallic plate of relatively thin construction and bending one end at a right angle to the body of the plate, andtapering the opposite end of the plate as shown in the drawing.

It is to be understood that'the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example of the same, and that various changes as to the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1 A. device of the character described comprising a body plate having a central opening adapted to receive the handle of a broom therein, a flange formed on one end of the body plate arranged to frictionally engage the handle when projecting through the opening, and means for pivotally connecting the body plate upon the wall of a building.

2. An article supporting device comprising a fiatplate having a handle receiving opening formed therethrough, the'said plate being tapered at one end and provided with an aperture for connection with a supporting member, and a flange formed at the op osite end of the plate disposed at right ang es to the platetofrictionally engage the handle gripping means including flange formed of amnrticle:extending through theroPenat right angles to the;plattegaildfifinnged so 10 that the outer edge of the flange will fricing in the plate.

3. A supporting deviee comprising eplate tionally.engageihehandle and hold the provided With a handle receiving Opening same in the opening thereof.

and adapted to be pivotally SUSPQIZldGCLfIEOH-Iw a supporting member, and handle gripping hand. means formed at one end-.Zof the1.p1aite, said lnfwitnessi whereof I have hereunto set my 'MAGLOIRE HUBOUX. 

